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I don't often think about my life in terms of percentages, particularly as a way of judging success, but there are times when it is hard to avoid. For example, as sub-interns (the fancy word for fou...

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I know the title sounds approximately as riveting as not at all, but I've been thinking a lot about it since I've started my ICU month. While I've been reflecting on the medical decisions I'm making...

Hey everyone,

As has been discussed here previously, I'm training for a large bike ride that is coming up in less than a month. As usual, I've been tracking not only my mileage and speed, but also my ranking on B...

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Last week we wrapped up our longest and most intense sequence to date: Infectious Diseases.  Five weeks, nearly one hundred lectures, dozens of drugs, and daily small group sessions have left me fe...

I learned a lot last year, and one of the oft repeated nuggets of wisdom shared by residents and more advanced students alike was the joy of the year to come. They promised a less intense grading en...

And that's a wrap.  I am now officially Matthew Wixson, M.D.  It is pretty hard to believe, but what a weekend!

Or, thinking about the residency application process

I have one remaining week of M3 year. It's hard to believe, and I have enough studying to do that now is not really the best time to reflect on lessons learned or exper...

So here's a post that I had written out a while back (read: way back in January), but apparently forgot to put online.  Sorry about the long delay folks; I hope this will satisfy you for a little w...

46 weeks down, 2 to go. It's hard to believe that's all that remains of M3 year—arguably the most feared, most challenging, but also most exciting year of medical school. As I sat in our weekly s...